Bad behavior on BART can potentially bring hefty fines. In practice, however, citations are seldom issued for most violations. To gauge enforcement of various rules across the BART system, we compared the number of rides per citation issued for a given infraction. (2016 figures). less

Bad behavior on BART can potentially bring hefty fines. In practice, however, citations are seldom issued for most violations. To gauge enforcement of various rules across the BART system, we compared the ... more

Citations issued: 0(Note: In 2016, BART enacted an ordinance that would fine seat hogs up to $500 for not making room on a train. However, it was never enforced and the Board of Directors has since rescinded the ordinance.)

Cheryl Willner, who is a flight attendant, plays a game on her tablet as she sits with her three large bags in one seat space on the SFO-bound BART train April 14, 2016 in San Francisco, Calif. Willner says she is very conscious of taking up space.

Vaping is considered smoking on BART. Both are illegal. Some smoking citations may have been for vaping, but the data does not break it down. Vaping carries a $100 fine for the first offense and fines up to $500 for succeeding infractions.

According to BART: "If a person is lying or sleeping in the corridors of the BART station, if they are positioned in such a way as to block an evacuation route, and if they have been advised and warned of the issue on multiple prior occasions, a citation may be issued” under California Penal Code 640 (d).

A homeless man sits on the ground as a train arrives at the 24th Street BART station in San Francisco on Sept. 29, 2014.

Assuming one is not blocking seats or exits, there does not appear to be any prohibition on acrobatic dance shows on BART trains. It's not clear if the sound systems set up by dance groups violate the loud music regulation. (Note: stock photo is of a bus, not BART, for illustration purposes only.)

BART’s second batch of sleek new rail cars — another 10-car train — will be rolling onto the transit system’s tracks by next week, officials said.

The state Public Utilities Commission approved the new train for service in a letter to BART officials Tuesday, four days after the train passed a systemwide test in which it stopped at every station and its doors successfully opened and closed under automatic controls.

The letter, signed by Roger Clugston, the commission’s deputy director of rail safety, said the tests “demonstrate the cars are acceptable and ready for revenue service.”

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BART’s first 10 cars rolled into service in January, but months behind schedule, after problems with the doors emerged during a test by commission inspectors.

Normally that initial test of new cars would have sufficed. But the commission ordered BART to put its second train of 10 cars through similar tests because of those problems.

Now that the new rail cars have twice passed the test, the commission said, BART will need only to conduct its own readiness tests and provide proper paperwork for any new cars it receives from manufacturer Bombardier over the next several years.

“Going forward, no specific operational field runs will be required for placing the cars in service,” Clugston wrote.

Bombardier is expected to produce and deliver 16 to 20 cars per month to BART over the next several years until the entire fleet is replaced. For the time being, BART has 26 of the new cars in its Hayward yard, and has been running as many as 10 of them in a single train on the Richmond-Fremont line. Some days, however, BART runs a shorter collection of the new rail cars, removing some for routine maintenance or to fix what agency officials have described as minor problems.

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The new rail cars have three doors on each side, compared with two on current cars, and feature wider aisles, fewer seats and bright green and blue colors. They’re also outfitted with automated announcements and signs that display the name of the next station.

While the new train runs daily, most passengers haven’t ridden one yet since, unlike most BART riders, they don’t go into San Francisco. Those who have been aboard the new cars give mostly favorable reviews, though some complain about the reduced seating.

With the approval of the second set of rail cars, BART will run new trains on both the Richmond-Fremont line and the Warm Springs-Daly City line. Officials expect to have 80 new cars in service by the end of the year, and 176 by the middle of 2019.